A curious thing about most (nearly all) world religions is their somewhat ‘automatic’ nature. It’s almost as if they are on a kind of spiritual cruise control that mechanizes the entire salvation process. And it’s never turned off. It’s never inspected. It never breaks down. […]
READ MOREI’m actually still thinking about that amazing weekend at SCC where we baptized another 100 people. It was unbelievable! I know you probably get tired of me saying that, but it’s true. And maybe it gets old hearing it if church for you is more typified by the same group (only a bit […]
READ MOREGuest Blogger: Art TerKeurst A few years back I got a real wake up call from two boys with a third world country faith. Lysa and I (Art) were introduced to a group of Liberian orphans here in the states singing together in a boy’s choir. These boy’s were traveling and singing for primarily two […]
READ MOREMy quiet time with the Lord today was simple but, AWESOME! Seriously, I’m still reeling from it. Some of you (who read the post last week, entitled, ‘Out of the Overflow’) already know that I’m currently going through the book of 2 Kings. Here is the passage I read this morning, 1 One day the […]
READ MOREMeet me at the Drive in! Remember the old drive in movies? We’d pile in cars and trucks, head for the outdoor, vehicular amphitheater and hang out with all our friends. We might even, occasionally, catch a decent movie. It was a blast. Whatever happened to them anyway? You probably don’t remember because […]
READ MORETonight I had a close encounter of the 4th kind. I don’t know what close encounters of the 1st and 2nd kind are and the movie made no sense to me, so I’m inventing my own category for what I witnessed tonight. But, since, as they say, ‘a picture is worth a thousand […]
READ MORELearning Xtreme Spirituality Another problem with our heavenly fairness scenario is that we are not free to simply invent the truth on this issue because God has already spoken to it numerous times in His Word. To paint the administration and organizational structure of heaven the way we want is to ignore what God […]
READ MOREPassive Spirituality – Part 4 Remember where we left off? You said you might want to take it up a notch spiritually. Don’t remember? Trust me, some of you ‘thought it’ at the very least. And here was my response. God loves to help those who ask for help. So, […]
READ MOREPassive Spirituality Congratulations! I knew spiritually dead was not for you! So what’ll it be? Joy filled? Abundant Life? A life full of adventure and intimacy with your creator? What’s that? You want to know if there’s an intermediate level or something? A blue square? No black […]
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